Ecosystems

Question 1

what are abiotic factors?

Answer 1

are physical and chemical factors that affect where and how an organism lives

Question 2

what are biotic factors?

Answer 2

presence or absences of other living things that affect an organism

Question 3

what are another name for producers?

Answer 3

autotrophs

Question 4

what are another name for consumers?

Answer 4

heterotrophs

Question 5

what are producers?

Answer 5

they produce their own food.

Question 6

where do producers get their energy from?

Answer 6

the sun

Question 7

what are consumers?

Answer 7

are organisms that eat plants or on other animals to obtain energy

Question 8

is bacteria a consumer?

Answer 8

yes

Question 9

what are animals that eat plants called?

Answer 9

herbivores

Question 10

what are animals that eat both plants and meat called?

Answer 10

omnivoures

Question 11

what are animals that only eat meat called?

Answer 11

carnivoures

Question 12

what are oraganims that eat dead plants and animal matter called?

Answer 12

detritivores and decomposers

Question 13

what are scavangers?

Answer 13

feed on dead remains of other animals

Question 14

what are examples of scavangers?

Answer 14

fox or vulture

Question 15

what are detritivores?

Answer 15

feed on dead or decaying remains or waste

Question 16

what are example of detritivores?

Answer 16

dung beetles or worms

Question 17

what are decomposers?

Answer 17

break down dead matter

Question 18

what are examples of decomposers?

Answer 18

bacteria or fungi

Question 19

a food chain shows…

Answer 19

the transfer of energy from one organism to another

Question 20

what do the arrows in a food chain represent?

Answer 20

food to feeder or energy flow into or out of each trophic level

Question 21

what is trophic level?

Answer 21

each level on a food chain

Question 22

what is an example of a food chain?

Answer 22

grass –> rabbit –> fox

Question 23

what is a primiary producer?

Answer 23

converts energy from the sun

Question 24

what is first order or primary consumer?

Answer 24

herbivores that eat the plants (procduers)

Question 25

what is second order or secondary consumer?

Answer 25

carnivores that eat the herbivores

Question 26

what is a food web?

Answer 26

it shows the differnt food chains in an ecosystem that forms into a complex webs of feeding relationships

Question 27

food webs and food chain always start with...

Answer 27

the producers

Question 28

food webs and food chains always end with..

Answer 28

the apex predator/ top consumer

Question 29

what is the law of conservation of energy?

Answer 29

energy cannot be created or destroyed only changed from one form to another

Question 30

what must ecosystems recieve?

Answer 30

energy from the outside

Question 31

what does the producer harness?

Answer 31

the suns energy and converts it into a consumable form

Question 32

what is the chemical energy consumed by an organism in food transform to?

Answer 32

movement energy stored chemical energy sound energy heat

Question 33

what types of energy is lost at each trophic level?

Answer 33

heat energy

Question 34

why is heat energy lost at every trophic level?

Answer 34

bc of breathing and movement

Question 35

The amount of energy available to each trophic level will always equal....

Answer 35

amount entering that trophic level, minus the energy lost as heat and dead material

Question 36

amount entering that trophic level, minus the energy lost as heat and dead material is always equal...

Answer 36

The amount of energy available to each trophic level will always equal

Question 37

what i the 10% rule?

Answer 37

10% of the energy at each trophic level is transferred along the food chain

Question 38

what does the 10% rule mean for food chains?

Answer 38

only be a few organisms long , as the top consumers would not receive enough energy if they were longer

Question 39

what is recycled within the ecosystems?

Answer 39

matter

Question 40

what enters your body?

Answer 40

carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen atoms

Question 41

carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen atoms enters your body in...

Answer 41

proteins, carbohydrates, fats

Question 42

where to these the leave to?

Answer 42

air, water and soil in different forms